These are two videos of a pair of robotic arms programmed by Swedish composer Frederik Gran to play stringed instruments — in this case, the cello and double base. One arm and hand does the fretting, while the other operates the bow. And while their performance didn’t really tug at

This is a video of musician Joe Porter covering several iconic rock and metal songs with percussion instruments, including “Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ on the hammered dulcimer, Guns ‘n’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on the steel pan, AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on the slapophone, Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ on the flairdrum, the

Because apparently the internet is rife with songs in the style of Blink-182, this is a multi-track cover of Smash Mouth’s 1999 banger ‘All-Star’ in the band’s style as performed by musician Evan Sherman. Evan was actually inspired by the Blink-182 covers performed by Alex Menton (previously) before deciding to

This is a video of university students from Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands performing a beautiful orchestral cover of Radiohead’s ‘Paranoid Android’ (aren’t they all?) at graduation. Each student arranged their own parts individually, then came together to combine them all into the piece you see here. Most impressive. For

Warm on the heels of their cover of Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya’, this is another video from Harvard’s cooler-than-cool THUD percussion ensemble performing Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ on boomwhackers. I like all the sunglasses and blindfolds, real slick. Now you can send this video to a friend and

This is a video of very talented musician Samara Ginsberg performing the theme to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 Psycho as an eight-part multitrack while dressed as Norman Bates’ deceased mother. Honestly, I found this video way scarier than the movie. Of course I haven’t actually seen the movie because I’m too

This is a video of an equine trio playing a little improvisational jazz on an electronic keyboard. The one in front of the instrument really seems to enjoy playing, while the one behind the keyboard seems more determined to eat one of the black keys. Regardless, this is a concert

Presumably in an attempt to dispel the eggheaded nerd Harvard stereotype, this is a video of the school’s THUD Percussion Ensemble performing Outkast’s 2003 banger ‘Hey Ya’ with boomwhackers. What the hell’s a boomwhacker? No clue. And even if I did read the Wikipedia article I just linked I probably